{"id":9859,"date":"2022-08-26T11:09:54","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T10:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freedmr.uk\/?page_id=9859"},"modified":"2022-08-26T13:21:57","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T12:21:57","slug":"how-to-use-freedmr-repeaters-dial-a-tg","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.freedmr.uk\/index.php\/how-to-use-freedmr-repeaters-dial-a-tg\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use FreeDMR Repeaters Dial-a-TG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span style=\"color: #ff0000; font-size: 250%;\">How to use FreeDMR Repeaters Dial-a-TG<br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The repeaters work the same way D-Star and Fusion do.<br \/>\nInstead of moving the D-Star Reflector or Fusion Reflector.<br \/>\nWe move the Talk Group on the CQ channel as you would on D-Star or Fusion.<\/p>\n<p>1st we want to make two channels for each repeater.<br \/>\nMost code plugs for Repeaters come as default with them.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #20bd67;\">\u00a0\u00a0 Slot\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 TG\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 Example Name<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">**<\/span>Slot 1 &#8211; TG 9 &#8211; GB7BC Local RF<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">**<\/span>Slot 2 &#8211; TG 9 &#8211; GB7BC CQ Channel\u00a0\u00a0 or\u00a0\u00a0 GB7BC Dial-a-TG<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #20bd67;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">*<\/span>Add 9 to your Contact\/TG Group list if not already in it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedmr.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Contact.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9869 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedmr.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Contact.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"532\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedmr.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Contact.jpg 532w, https:\/\/www.freedmr.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Contact-300x116.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 532px) 100vw, 532px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5>Now to make two channels<\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"color: #20bd67;\">Slot 1 and point Contact to 9<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedmr.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Slot-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9861 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedmr.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Slot-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"682\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedmr.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Slot-1.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.freedmr.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Slot-1-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #20bd67;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">*<\/span>Slot 2 and point Contact to 9<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedmr.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Slot-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9860 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedmr.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Slot-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"680\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedmr.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Slot-2.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.freedmr.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Slot-2-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedmr.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2-channels.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9863 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedmr.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2-channels.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1182\" height=\"49\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedmr.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2-channels.jpg 1182w, https:\/\/www.freedmr.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2-channels-300x12.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.freedmr.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2-channels-1024x42.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.freedmr.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/2-channels-768x32.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #20bd67;\">Now we add the two channels to a zone<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedmr.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Zone.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9864 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedmr.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Zone.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"693\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedmr.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Zone.jpg 693w, https:\/\/www.freedmr.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Zone-300x101.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 693px) 100vw, 693px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Save code plug and send to the radio.<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #20bd67;\">How to use<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Slot 1 &#8211; TG 9 &#8211; GB7BC Local RF<\/strong><br \/>\nIs for local RF within range of the that repeater. Locals talking with each other.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Slot 2 &#8211; TG 9 &#8211; GB7BC CQ Channel\u00a0\u00a0 or\u00a0\u00a0 GB7BC Dial-a-TG<\/strong><br \/>\nThis is full access to all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedmr.uk\/index.php\/world-wide-talk-groups\/\">Talk Groups on the FreeDMR Network<\/a> via Dial-a-TG.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Slot 2 &#8211; TG9 &#8211; is your CQ channel (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedmr.uk\/index.php\/linking-to-talk-groups-via-tg9\/\">Dial-a-TG<\/a>)<\/strong><br \/>\nVia manual dial, you can call up any Talk Group you wish to use.<\/p>\n<pre>Menu - Contact - Manual Dial - enter Talk Group\u00a0 number <em>2350<\/em> - PTT for up to 3 sec.\r\n<b>Or<\/b>\r\nMenu \u2013 Talk Group - Manual Dial - enter Talk Group number 2350 - PTT for up to 3 sec.\r\n\r\n=\u00a0 Manual Dial <strong>2350<\/strong><b> Private Call,<\/b> PTT for up to 3 sec.<\/pre>\n<p>The repeater will respond with a voice announcement, \u201c<strong>Linked to<\/strong>\u00a0 <strong>2350<\/strong>.\u201c<em><br \/>\n\u201cVoice announcements come back on 5000.\u201d<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">*<\/span>Then via Talk Group 9 you can QSO on that Talk Group.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 GB7BC CQ Channel\u00a0\u00a0 or\u00a0\u00a0 GB7BC Dial-a-TG.<br \/>\n<\/em>You can link to any Talk Group as described above<em>. <\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You will need <b>Hang Time<\/b> for <strong>Private Call or Person Call<\/strong> set to 3 sec in the CPS.<\/li>\n<li>This will drop the Private Call back to TG9 in 3\u00a0 seconds to QSO on the Talk Group.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #20bd67;\"><b><span style=\"color: #20bd67;\">Get<\/span> Status<\/b><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>To enquire about the Talk Group linked. Manual Dial <b>5000 Private<\/b>, PTT and the repeater will respond with the currently linked Talk Group.<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #20bd67;\">Users<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>Can go to any Talk Group on the FreeDMR network via Slot 2 &#8211; TG 9 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedmr.uk\/index.php\/linking-to-talk-groups-via-tg9\/\">Dial-a-TG.<\/a><br \/>\nNo more rebuilding code plugs when they wish to use a New Talk Group.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Just manual dial them.<br \/>\nRepeater is split into two and users do not need to think about what Talk Group goes on what slot.<br \/>\nSlot 1 = Local RF<br \/>\nSlot 2 = FreeDMR Network Via Dial-aTG<\/p>\n<p>As all traffic is on TG 9.<br \/>\nUsers will never miss any traffic on the repeater as they did not have a Talk Group added to their code plug.<br \/>\nSimple and easy to use.<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #20bd67;\">APRS and SMS Text<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>Can be done on Slot 1 or Slot 2.<br \/>\n<b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedmr.uk\/index.php\/d-aprs\/\">D-APRS<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedmr.uk\/index.php\/sms-messages\/\">SMS Messages<\/a><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #20bd67;\">My radio does not have a keypad.<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>Add TG9 as above as group call and 5000 as group call.<br \/>\nAdd the Talk Groups you want to use in your Contact\/TG Group list.\u00a0 As <strong>PRIVATE Call<\/strong>. <em>Some FreeDMR repeaters like GB7BC you can use Group Call.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedmr.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Private-call.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9872 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedmr.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Private-call.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"507\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedmr.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Private-call.jpg 507w, https:\/\/www.freedmr.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Private-call-300x119.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #20bd67;\">Set up a Receive Group for 5000<\/span>. <em>If your radio has promiscuous mode, you can skip this step. Just make sure it is turned on.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedmr.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Receive.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9884 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedmr.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Receive.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"752\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedmr.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Receive.jpg 752w, https:\/\/www.freedmr.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Receive-300x108.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Make channels for Each Talk Group you wish to use on Slot 2.<br \/>\nAdd the Receive group.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedmr.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Private-2-call.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9878 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freedmr.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Private-2-call.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freedmr.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Private-2-call.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.freedmr.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Private-2-call-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>You will still need a channel TG 9 on Slot 2<\/strong>\u00a0 &#8211; GB7BC CQ Channel\u00a0\u00a0 or\u00a0\u00a0 GB7BC Dial-a-TG.<\/p>\n<p>Add to Zone and save code plug. Send to radio.<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #20bd67;\">How to use<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>Go to the Channel and Talk Groups you wish to use. (2351)<br \/>\nPTT for 3 sec<br \/>\nThe repeater\/hotspot will respond with a voice announcement, \u201c<strong>Linked to<\/strong>\u00a0 <strong>2351<\/strong>.\u201c<em><br \/>\n\u201cVoice announcements come back on 5000.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Then go back to your TG9 Channel Slot 2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>GB7BC CQ Channel\u00a0\u00a0 or\u00a0\u00a0 GB7BC Dial-a-TG.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">*<\/span>Then via Talk Group 9 you can QSO on that Talk Group.<br \/>\n<\/em>You can link to any Talk Group as described above<em>. <\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">**<\/span>Some Repeater might have Static Talk Groups setup on Slot 1<\/strong><br \/>\nYou can see what is set as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freedmr.uk\/index.php\/dashboard\/repeater-dashboard\/\">Static on this page<\/a> and clicking on the Static TG tab.<br \/>\nYou will have to add them as channels to your radio as Group Calls on Slot 1.<\/p>\n<p>The above can also be used on Simplex and Duplex Hotspots.<br \/>\nJust use TG 9 on Slot 2<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to use FreeDMR Repeaters Dial-a-TG The repeaters work the same way D-Star and Fusion do. 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